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| Can the Manley Neoclassic 300B handle a 2 ohm load Loudandclear. On the contrary...there is no such thing as too much power regardless of the speakers sensitivety. To begin with.... I am sure muralmans recommendation of the h20 was not even power related. While I have never heard the h20 amp, give... | |
| Tube Whine noise...Please Help Linkloping. Much like the 6dj8/6922 family of dual triodes ,the 5687 tends to be very prone to microphonics as well. But certainly not all of them, I concurr with your preference to the sound of the tung sol 5687 as it's far and away the best of i... | |
| Can the Manley Neoclassic 300B handle a 2 ohm load Hey Mondie. Just curious about the speaker you are trying to drive? | |
| About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone Patrick & family. Hang in there partner, and God bless. Mr Frumkin... you are a very fine man sir ! Our prayers are with him. Have a great Christmas and all the best in the New Year. | |
| The question "The Acoustat Delema" Hello Chef. I have to agree with Essentialaudio's recommendation in a big way. The acoustat OTL servo amps are about as good as it gets here sir, although they do need to be updated to really shine. When refurbished... I honestly do not think that... | |
| How does sound change when tubes start to fail? Hi Daka.I really have to agree with Boa2 on the nos tube issue,especially in the 400. A good friend purchased a clean refurbished 400 with tired output tubes a few years back and then retubed it with the EH 7868's.He uses a nice pair of vintage ro... | |
| Introducing Tubes? Newbee. I must commend you on your choice of the ARC sp-10 mk2 preamp sir,to this very day has be considered a giant in the high end preamp sweepstakes. Yes... the ear 834L is a decent little vacuum tubed preamp, it can also be tweeked with better... | |
| How does sound change when tubes start to fail? Hi Daka. Meta's description is a good one. Another tell tale sign of a spent 7868...... look at the silver flashing[gettering] on the top of the tube. It should look as solid silver down below the shoulder of the dommed top. If you can see the get... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Gang. Amen Tom.... best of the season to all. Cheers! | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Ethifi. They would be very good sounding tubes if they were not so tired. It is imperative that a full wave rectifier tests strong, a minimum 90% emission with matching sections[preferrably higher than 95%]. The tung sol 6L6's are surely just t... | |
| Quad 2 mono's and Pre 22 for $430-Good Buy ?? Hey Bluebull. I concurr with analysis of the pathos and the Italian hifi ideology, as they are very passionate about their music. You may be pleasantly suprised with the quads employed in your own system as they do possess that soul... in a sublim... | |
| recommended cartridge for ETII tonearm Hi Alun. Yeah, nice idea in theory anyway. However,in practice... it's not really that "semi rapid" as properly adjusting the ET-2 to employ the other wands and cartridges is somewhat labour intensive and time consuming to say the least.Even more ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Ethifi.The toggle switch on the top is probably set in tape out mode. Try engaging it to the other setting . Fiddler... I have not worked with any of the Cardas caps as of yet. Was contemplating doing the coupling caps in my Vac monos with them... | |
| Who will survive? One last table til I die. Wow! Just tuned into this thread. No offence here honestly. so please excuse me here. Ahhh..... Geez Raul.... are you infecting another forum thread here? Preaching your narrow minded,lame and pathetic argument about distortion artifacts and that ... | |
| Quad 2 mono's and Pre 22 for $430-Good Buy ?? Hi Bluebull. Yes, I would say that is a good buy if they are operating close to spec. The amplifiers are very good. As Tripper correctly pointed out... the merlin's would sound far better with a preamp of higher order. The Quad 22 preamp is rather... |